Ann-KAnn-K is a Norwegian singer and artist. Her

voice has a clear and brilliant timbre with the

much sought-after Scandinavian sound. At

Popkomm 2008 she was signed by the German

record company Edition Zeitklang under its new

label The Angels Voice. The CD resulting from

that signing (Angel Light, Heavenly Music from

Norway) will be released during WOMEX. As

leader of Ann-K-Norway-Ensemble (which also

performs on the CD) she presents traditional

Norwegian folk music in new and modern ways.

Additional projects include cooperation with

the rapper and juggler Atlars; together they

are touring with the show The Magic of the

Medieval.

Ann-KEiganesveien 160 // n-4009 StavangerPhone: +47 95 77 01 57 // Fax: +47 51 53 31 45a.k@online.nowww.ann-k.comwww.zeitklang.deRepresentative: Ann-Kristin Sørvåg

BuREAu StoRmBureau Storm projects include Træna Festival,

Slottsfjell Festival, by:Larm and Musikkfest.

The company also manages artists such as Mari

Boine, Adjagas and Lindstrøm.

Bureau StormFredensborgveien 24F, n-0177 osloPhone: +47 911 57 449erlend@bureaustorm.no www.bureaustorm.noRepresentative : Erlend mogård- Larsen

DAtDAT is a Sámi record company located in

Kautokeino - Sámiland in Northern Norway. We

release both traditional and modern Sámi music,

featuring fusions and experimental meetings

between Sámi joik-singing and different music

styles.

DAtP.o. Box 31 // n-9521 KautokeinoPhone: +47 78 48 67 72dat@dat.netwww.dat.netRepresentatives: Per L. Boine and Kristiana utsi

EtniSK muSiKKLuBBEtnisk Musikklubb is an independent label

available for distribution and licensing

worldwide. Featuring recordings by prize-

winning Norwegian performers and multicultural

artists of international stature, our productions

have a common profile with the world’s ethnic

repertoire. This adds variation to the World

music repertoire from an area of the world

still considered “undiscovered” by many music

lovers. We are currently expanding our business

by exporting the EM label and seek reliable new

partners for international distribution.

Our production policy is outlined in this

manifest:

• Let intangible cultural heritage shine

• Modern and timeless documentation of ethnic

and folk traditions of the Nordic countries

• Create unique, personal albums with proficient

performers with musical colors and nuances

• Design albums that are both attractive and

aesthetic

Norway at womex 2009Visit us at stand CH-1

• Document cultural heritage through illustrated

booklets with text in several languages

• Create productions that reflect identity and

have a story to tell.

• Increase awareness of our own traditions and

lay claim to new venues and audiences

• Local music is global music. Share our

intangible cultural heritage with the world

through the export of CDs and artists.

Etnisk musikklubbmasovngata 18, n-3616 Kongsberg, norway Phone: +47 32 73 56 60 // Fax +47 32 73 56 61 info@emcd.no http://www.emcd.noRepresentative : Arne Fredriksen

FoLKELARm, LAnDSLAgEt FoR SPELEmEnnHosted by the Norwegian National Association

for Traditional Music and Dance, Folkelarm is a

folk music convention and industry gathering

which also displays an impressive live line-up,

popular seminars and event programmes tailored

for international participants. For four days you’ll

have a wonderful opportunity to experience folk

music in a plethora of forms from the whole of

Norway, as well as some artists from Denmark,

Sweden and Finland. Folkelarm also provides a

unique chance to meet and discuss ideas with

other leading promoters of traditional music in

the Nordic countries.

Folkelarm, Landslaget for Spelemenntrondheimsvn 2 // P.o.Box n- 4613 oSLoPhone: +47 22 00 56 22elisabeth.vatn@folkelarm.nowww.folkelarm.noRepresentative: Elisabeth Vatn

FøRDE FoLK muSic FEStiVAL - JuLy 8-11, 2010 4 days – 300 artists – 30 nationalities – 90

events. Scandinavia’s largest festival for acoustic

traditional and World music, with a strong focus

on the Norwegian and Nordic traditional and

contemporary music scene. The festival was

established in 1990 in Førde, a small town in the

fjord region of Norway.

Førde Folk music FestivalP.o. Box 395 // n-6801 FørdePhone: +47 57 72 19 40 // Fax: +47 57 72 19 41info@fordefestival.nowww.fordefestival.no.noRepresentatives: Hilde Bjørkum, Sølvi Lien and torill g. Faleide

gRAPPAGrappa Musikkforlag AS (Grappa Music Group),

established in 1983, is one of the leading

independent record companies in Norway. The

name has come to represent a broad musical

scope, high quality and leading Norwegian

performers. The main currents of Norwegian

music are presented on several labels. The

primary objectives of the record company

are to present a wide variety of recordings of

all musical genres from traditional music to

contemporary musical trends. These goals are

accomplished by cultivating the purest part

of our musical heritage, and by encouraging

the natural eagerness of young people to find

new modes of expression. The Grappa label has

released a large number of best-selling CDs, and

many of its releases have won the Spellemann

Prize, Norway’s equivalent to the Grammy

award. In fact, Grappa has the highest number

of Spellemann-nominated CDs of any record

company in Norway. Grappa’s imprint label Heilo

is one of the nation’s most important outlets

for folk and traditional music, having released

a wide range of highly acclaimed releases from

many of Norway’s most vital and respected

performers.

grappa musikkforlag ASAkersgata 7 // n-0158 osloPhone: +47 23 35 80 00info@grappa.nowww.grappa.noRepresentative: Helge Westbye

KiRKELig KuLtuRVERKStED (KKV )Kirkelig Kulturverksted (KKV) is Norway’s largest

independent record label with a catalogue of

more than 300 titles. For over 30 years, KKV

and producer Erik Hillestad have collaborated

with Norwegian and international artists from

all over the world, releasing records featuring

artists such as Dolores Keane (Ireland), Brilliant

(Azerbaijan), Sevara Nazarkahn (Uzbekistan),

Kris Kristofferson (U.S.), Susana Baca (Peru),

Sinead O´Connor (Ireland), Rim Banna

(Palestine), Nina Hagen (Germany), Sarah Jane

Morris (U.K.), Eddi Reader (Scotland), Kari

Bremnes, Knut Reiersrud, Susanne Lundeng

and Arild Andersen (Norway). The company

has released albums in a wide variety of genres,

from rock to classical; from jazz to inspirational.

Well known for the extremely high quality of

its releases, KKV’s CDs are sought after by

audiophile collectors throughout the world who

appreciate the company’s ability to present

extraordinary music in an ideal audio setting.

The company has won a number of international

and domestic prizes for the musical and audio

quality of its works. KKV has reached a central

cultural position in Norway, and its musical

catalogue is distributed to countries all over the

world.

Kirkelig Kulturverksted (KKV )P.o. Box 4684 // Sofienberg // n-0506 osloPhone: +47 22 99 34 50 // Fax: +47 22 99 34 41kkv@kkv.nowww.kkv.noRepresentatives: Hege m. Folkestad and Kristin Reitan

muSic ExPoRt noRWAyMusic Export Norway AS (MEN) is the

coordinating body for the Norwegian

representation at WOMEX 2009. MEN was

established in 2000 by the Norwegian music

industry in order to assist the Norwegian

music export sector and promote Norwegian

music. MEN provides access to information

on Norwegian artists and companies and

also assists the Norwegian music industry by

organising international trade show participation

and presentations that aim to increase the

worldwide awareness of Norwegian music.

The six organisations that launched MEN, and

today are represented on the organisation’s

board, are IFPI Norway, FONO (the Norwegian

Independent Record Producers’ Association),

NOPA (Norwegian Society of Composers and

Lyricists), GramArt (the Recording Artists’

Association) and MFO (the Musicians’ Union).

The company acts as a service and resource

centre for exporters of Norwegian music

products. Primarily, the company concentrates

its work on the strengthening of Norwegian

music products of commercial value. Music

Export Norway AS is the official organiser of

national stands at such music trade shows as

MIDEM (Cannes, France), South by Southwest

(Austin, Texas, U.S.) and Popkomm (Berlin,

Germany).

music Export norwayKarl Johansgate 21 // n-0159 osloPhone: +47 24 12 96 99 // Fax: +47 24 12 96 98post@musicexportnorway.nowww.musicexportnorway.noRepresentatives: inger Dirdal, Helene D. Broch and Pål Dimmen.

muSic inFoRmAtion cEntRE noRWAyMusic Information Centre Norway (MIC) is a

resource centre whose aim is to contribute to

increased domestic and international impact for

Norwegian music of all genres. Main activities

involve web-publishing of music information

through MIC’s two web-sites (www.mic.

no/english and www.ballade.no) as well as

various promotion and information projects.

MIC’s English-language website offers daily-

updated news services, a Norwegian industry

directory, a catalogue that covers Norwegian

sheet music and recordings and a calendar

that tracks domestic and international music

events. MIC provides advice to decision makers

from orchestral and concert institutions, media,

researchers and musicians on Norwegian

conductors, concert institutions, festivals,

venues, bands, soloists, performers, the record

industry, composers, promoters, etc. The

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

(MFA) has defined MIC as its source of expertise

on musical matters. MIC also operates MFA’s

travel support programme for professional

Norwegian musicians that perform abroad. In

addition, MIC administers the Listen to Norway

promotional programme (also known as the

Purchasing Programme for New Norwegian

Recordings), which entails two annual rounds

of international distribution of up to 70 of

the latest released records on the domestic

market which in turn are shipped to media

representatives, organisations, educational

institutions and trade representatives all over

the world.

music information centre norwayP.o. Box 2674 Solli // n-0203 osloPhone: +47 22 42 90 90 // Fax: +47 22 42 90 91info@mic.nowww.mic.no/englishRepresentatives: tomas Lauvland Pettersen and Aslak oppebøen

muSiKK oPERAtøREnEThese labels are represented both at home

and in the international marketplace for

export. Musikkoperatørene maintains a

diverse profile with a main focus on jazz,

classical and ethnic/folk music. MO’s roster

includes some of Norway’s most respected

independent labels that are renowned for

high quality output and a steady stream of

innovation. Musikkoperatørene’s most central

labels are Heilo, NORCD, Curling Legs, Heilo,

Stierdna, DAT, Grappa, Ta:lik, Etnisk Musikklubb

and Vuelie. Many of the releases are considered

to be among the finest audiophile recordings,

and are highly appreciated throughout the world.

musikkoperatøreneKongens gate 4 // n-0153 osloPhone: +47 23 31 01 20 // Fax: +47 22 23 31 01 29info@musikkoperatorene.nowww.musikkoperatorene.noRepresentative: Stine Farstad

noRcD NORCD is a true independent record label with a

highly-respected and long-standing position on

the Norwegian scene. The company has released

a steady stream of high quality Norwegian

folk, jazz, impro and World music titles since

its establishment in 1991. NORCD’s catalogue

represents the top division of Norwegian

performers, offering a valuable source for

Norwegian folk music, as well as improvised

and jazz-tinged sounds. The record label was

founded and is run by respected composer and

tenor sax player Karl Seglem. The label’s goal

is to present quality music for quality music

listeners, and to maintain its reputation as the

record company that cares more about the music

than the sales.

noRcD ASKongens gt. 16 // n-0153 osloPhone: +47 22 33 41 44 // Fax: +47 22 33 41 44norcd@norcd.nowww.norcd.noRepresentatives: Karl Seglem and Kaare thomsen

tHE noRWEgiAn tRADitionAL muSic AgEncyThe Norwegian Traditional Music Agency

carries out non-profit activities committed

to the promotion of folk music and dance in

Norway. We aspire to expand Norwegian and

international distribution of folk music culture

in all its quality and diversity. The agency

administers the Norwegian Traditional Music

Directory – an artist catalogue containing an

extensive range of musicians and dancers within

the traditional music circuit. The catalogue

aims to present the rich and diverse life of the

folk music scene in Norway. It is a credible

resource for everyone attracted to folk music

and folk dance, and serves as an easily navigable

information pool. In order to boost recognition

of Norwegian folk music and dance outside

of the country, we participate at international

conferences, and put effort in developing

partnerships and initiating new projects in

collaboration with musicians, record labels,

agents and festivals.

the norwegian traditional music AgencyP.o. Box 4613, Sofienberg // n- 0506 osloPhone: +47 22 00 56 93 // +47 95 88 20 62silje@folkmusikk.nowww.folkemusikk.noRepresentative: Silje Førland Erdal

oSLo WoRLD muSic FEStiVAL/ RiKSKonSERtEnEFor 16 years Rikskonsertene and the Oslo World

Music Festival have served Norwegian audiences

music from all over the world. This year’s

festival includes music from Casablanca, Buenos

Aires, Kinshasa, Bamako, the Sahara, Barcelona

and Paris, and the rhythms of swing, flamenco,

qawwali, rock, hip-hop, throat singing, fado,

afrobeat, desert blues and tango. For seven

days, on eleven stages, over three hundred

artists visit Oslo. The artists have some things

in common despite their diversity: They are

strongly tied to their roots, both geographically

and musically. They carry on, as well as renew,

their musical traditions.

oslo World music Festival/ RikskonserteneP.o. Box 4261 nydalen // n- 0401 osloPhone: +47 22 02 59 00post@rikskonsertene.nowww.osloworldmusicfestival.noRepresentative: Alexandra Archetti Stølen

RiKSScEnEn - noRWEgiAn HuB FoR tRADitionAL muSic AnD DAncERIKSSCENEN - Norwegian Hub for Traditional

Music and Dance gives Norway an impressive,

new national venue for presenting all kinds of

folk music and folk dance, including Norwegian,

Sámi and different music and dance from around

the world. RIKSSCENEN will be moving into a

new, customized venue in Schous Kulturbryggeri

this winter, opening in the spring of 2010. Until

then, we organize concerts and performances

in different venues in Oslo, and cooperate with

various players throughout the country.

RiksscenenSt. olavsgate 3c // n- 0165 osloPhone: +47 23 89 68 58Post@riksscenen.nowww.riksscenen.noRepresentatives: Lena Brodal, Jan Lothe Eriksen, Egil Johannessen, mari Ljones, Fredrik Falk, Rolf-Even Evensen

LiV RunESDAttER Liv Runesdatter (singer, composer, producer)

lives in Stavanger, a small town in western

Norway. Seven years ago she discovered a

collection of forgotten melodies from a small

pious group. She fell in love! Hours and hours

spent in archives, pot after pot of coffee brewed

in retirement homes, moving conversations

and a surrogate grandmother resulted in songs

embellished with material from her own musical

universe, inspired from hoarse voices on creaky

old recordings, nature and squeaking audiotape

players.

Liv Runesdatter/cARmA contemporary Art, music and DanceWergelandsgate 1 // n- 4009 StavangerPhone: +47 93 24 37 89myspace.com/livrunesdatterliv@runesdatter.noRepresentative: Liv Runesdatter

SAmSPiLL intERnAtionAL muSic nEtWoRKSamspill International Music Network is an

association for World music performers living in

Norway. The association receives yearly financial

support from the Norwegian government to

work and assist the members of Samspill in their

daily assignments and challenges faced by World

artists in Norway. Samspill does not function as

a booking management agency. Rather, we work

politically, institutionally and as professional

assistant to improve conditions in Norway for

the development of World music over the whole

country. We also provide facilities in the form

of rehearsal rooms, professional photography

sessions, travel advantage for groups, assistance

with financial applications and evaluation for

work done by musicians in the World music

sector. Through our international network,

we build relationships between World music

performers and organize concerts and workshops

with a focus on World music

Samspill international music networkHausmannsgt 6 // n- 0186 osloPhone: +47 22 82 51 90 // +47 21 37 94 06info@samspillweb.no www.samspillweb.noRepresentatives: mar gueye and Jon Eeg-Henriksen

SáPmi muSicSápmi Music is a unit under Musikk i Finnmark

(Finnmark County Council’s music department),

and its main task is to use the language of

music to help preserve the cultural legacy and

competence of the Sápmi people. Sápmi Music

is a musical meeting place where we nurture a

unique cultural heritage, where different cultures

can meet, and where new Nordic tones will

also be born. Sápmi Music is based on Sápmi

traditions, and will participate in forming the

future of the modern Sápmi. We want to be a

source of music, to give financial support to

musicians from Sápmi, and to create our own

productions. To meet these goals, we will work

together with independent freelance Sápmi

musicians from all over Sápmi. We cooperate

with a lot of festivals and venues to bring Sámi

artists to audiences throughout Europe.

Sápmi musicBox 443 // n- 9811 VadsøPhone: +47 78 95 10 50 // Fax: +47 78 95 19 70post@sapmimusic.comwww.sapmimusic.comRepresentatives: Kai Somby and Harald Devold

SoLiD muSiKKSOLID musikk is a Norwegian booking agency

and management established 2009 representing

some of today’s most interesting musicians in

the traditional music genre in Norway. With

award-winning and celebrated artists we are

looking forward to give concerts at festivals,

concert halls and clubs all over the world the

coming years. Our artists include Gamaltnymalt,

Gjermund Larsen Trio, Greatest Girls of Norway,

Jorun Marie Kvernberg, Majorstuen, Sigrid

Moldestad, Skaidi, Spindel, Synnøve S. Bjørset

and Tindra.

SoLiD musikkJens Bjelkesgate 1 // n- 0562 osloPhone: +47 99 16 07 41booking@solidmusikk.com www.solidmusikk.comRepresentatives: Lene Furuli and Synnøve S. Bjørset

tA:LiKta:lik’s main aim is to make Norwegian

traditional music available on CD. The company

specializes in quality releases of archive

recordings by old master fiddlers, but ta:lik

has also released new recordings with several

of Norway’s best folk musicians. In Norway,

traditional music is often linked to national

romanticism and its visual aesthetics, including

traditional costumes, rose painting, etc. Through

contemporary cover designs, the company

wishes to state that traditional music belongs

to the present as well as the past, and does

not always have to be paired with so-called

traditional aesthetics. ta:lik is initiated and run

by Tore Bolstad, Niels J Røine, Anders E Røine

and Frode Rolandsgard; all four are closely

connected to the culturally rich region of

Valdres. The first three are all highly renowned

Hardanger fiddle players.

ta:likHauge // n-2967 LomenPhone: + 47 97 18 08 39info@talik.nowww.talik.noRepresentative: Anders J. Røine

AnnBJøRg LiEnAnnbjørg Lien is among Norway’s most

accomplished musicians and is an excellent

ambassador of folk music with an increasingly

wider audience. Active in the folk music scene

since she her youth, Annbjørg creates modern

folk music with international appeal working with

the very best musicians.

www.annbjorglien.com // myspace.com/annbjorgliencontact: Anngunn Sørli // grappa musikkforlag AS anngunn@grappa.no Phone: +47 23 35 80 00 | mob.: +47 91 81 37 89

FRiKAR DAncE comPAny / HALLgRim HAnSEgåRDFRIKAR dance company has performed with

National Ballets of both Norway and Zimbabwe,

is the company behind the moves of the game

Age of Conan and has produced five full-night

dance productions. Specializing in traditional

acrobatic halling and vertical dances, FRIKAR

also performs with break dancers, capoeiristas

and contemporary dancers.

www.frikar.comcontact: Bpopmetometer / / Kjell christian Hovde kjell@bpopmentometer.comPhone: +47 22 00 76 50

JoHAn SARA JR gRouPJohan Sara, Jr. is one of the world’s best

performers in one of Europe’s oldest song

traditions: the joik, the traditional music of

the Sámi people of the Arctic. His unique

combination of joik and contemporary elements

provides a hypnotic and meditative sound.

www.johansara.comwww.myspace.com/johansarajr contact: Sápmi music Phone: +47 78 95 10 50

RAgnHiLD FuREBottEnA rising star of Norwegian traditional music,

Ragnhild Furebotten has seen four of her six

albums (with different collaborations) nominated

for the Spellemannpris (Norway’s equivalent to

the Grammy); she won as part of the celebrated

fiddle ensemble Majorstuen. Her new solo

album, featuring seven horns, will be released

in 2010.

www.myspace.com/ragnhildfurebottenwww.furebotten.comcontact: Skog management //Kari Helene Skog kari@skogmanagement.no

unni LøVLiDUnni Løvlid is among today’s most exiting

folk music performers. Having worked with a

wide range of projects and genres (including

folk, contemporary and electronica), she takes

traditional music to entirely new places. Her

third solo album RITE was nominated Best World

Music CD of 2008 by World Music Central.

www.myspace.com/unnilovlid contact : Anngunn Sørli // grappa musikkforlag AS anngunn@grappa.no Phone.: +47 23 35 80 00 // mob.: +47 91 81 37 89

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